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Sigh. Tell that to all the folks in my waiting room....Since I’m an oncologist and my patients all have cancer, don’t you think a comment like that would be considered a tad cruel? ...I would advise you against participating in threads like this one - delusional people who spout nonsense like "The risks of smoking are greatly exaggerated" are not interested in discourse...

Dr. Luv, I've had this discussion with friends who are also doctors, one a cardiologist and one a pulmonologist (I see my doctor every week--at the club, but haven't stepped foot in a doctor's office for thirty years). I don't doubt that most of your patients either smoke or have smoked, since a majority of older Americans grew up in a smoking culture, but that does not translate to most smokers get cancer or heart disease or emphysema or any of the other "smoking-related" illnesses. What you seem to overlook is that there is no reason for healthy smokers to ever see you or for you to ever see them.

Was a time when doctors were revered and respected; now they're more often considered arrogant and overbearing. Your comments here are one reason that's true.